Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-28
TmH sFEEs-AvgLlNG EDRAs oK
mAmRnAGR.

u yin not be forqsaten that when the
AveIileH were here In the interest Of
SPIES and his associates In MurdarsEs'
Kew thsy we're visited By sons members
Of . women'a club. who asked them
some VERY direct questions a. 10 tbs So
els itstfo fdeaa Of marriage. Dr.. AFel-
ING vas somewhat wary about commit
tlns himself, bat finally admitted that
palyknmy uoald % the % come of So
ciaIism. MKs- Avslina, however. vas
lees reserved, and frankly acknowledges
THAI under he doctrines Of Socialism
there would be no obliRation for q man
and woman 90 remain t0RelhoF, and no
bond wculd Be ssFonR enough 70 holc
them In uass either desired 20 leave the
other. @Divescea would not Be posi-.
ble,n said MIRA AveiinR, "og necessary,
as there would be noshipg 70 divorce
uhen peopis eoald separate - pleasure.
A man eosi2 81 any time put away a.
old wife FOG youngef one, ca . siekly
wife fer Q healthy one" Buoh vas the
doosFine Of promiseu0us prostitution
put forth By two Of The most pr0ni-
nent advocates Of Socialism, one Of
them the daughter Of lie founder; and
they pFaciieed what they preached, Il
the statement Of enc Of cur cores
pondeuts thak Aveling hAs AnothaF vita
Ii England, and that be b therefore not
married 70 Miss MARI, BE- true.
Elnca9the refusal Of the Sheriff 10 al
Low the contamination Of the marriage
ceremony between August 6pieg and
Miss Van Zandf the former has given
expression 90 the same views, and
corFoboFAtes what was said by the
Avelinga. In his interview With .
TrtbHnf representative the lnstful apd
oowardly Socialisg made the following
remarks.
81 makes little Differences. Il Is only
mere cesemoay, an empty formallty
and will not change our relations 10 the
least. The yeuag lady has too liberal
ideas 70 BE- affected By the desDoiic or.
der much more than ! myself am, and,
with her acquiesoenoe, remember, We
viii waive eli ceremonies, and, when the
time comes, viii live as hasband and
wife,
This brutal proposition is In the flFal
case an insult 90 the young womax
whom be Bresends 10 love, as yell a. tc
her parents and relatives, and had they
ordinary eelf-fespeot or auY regard for
UIWNIALtLE4 NAtIlIMW
aanotity Of home they would publicly
resent u. Il was = coarse. unmanly,
add entirely efatnito1s ta1ni, watch
neither the Sheriff 3 refusal, the environ
ments Of The prisoners situation, noF
any resentment be may have felt AZ
being thwarted Ia his c0wardly paFpoae
will excuse. 10 will stiii further increase
the edinm watch all decent people have
for this man and viii hi0hten the con-
ordinations which they will feel like
extending 10 The sheriff that he has for
time az least prevented him from en-
sharing this deluded girl and exposing
her 10 bis cogFupt influences. Apart
from the personal application Of his
statement u has . still more Important
bearing Ia its confirmation of the
charge that socialism, IL II could be put
In operation, wauld abolish the marriage
tie and break up the home. Il would
pFacipitate a domestic eonditi6n In which
there would be ne law, either civil
or sacred, holding man and wife
together. II would be more brutal and
besital even than polyRamy. The Nor
mon has dis plurality Of wives, but once
having them be must keep them aRd
support than. The Spseaes and Avsl.
inRs would have . plurality Of women,
subject only 70 lustful caprice, and lia-
be 20 be thrust cut 81 any time BY them.
Holding such views a. these, Sheriff
Maas0n 10 more than ever 10 be con.
graduated IN preventing Spies from
going through s'the empty Formally"
when Miss Van Zlndl comes 10 her
reaaen and realizes fram what she has
been saved, she may be grateful 10 her
rssoaef. Perhaps. also, lodge PrendeF
EAST, uao vas 80 ofhcions in bic 0dsrs
20 marry then, may yea have reason 10
Be thankful % the Sheriff thai be was
net given The o. porsunity Of performing
''tha mere ceremony and empty formal.
isy." he will, ~ least, II be has any
idea Of the sentiment af this oammun-
ity towards him for the part he has
played In this affair. --CAtoaeo TrSbWNs.